Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
तेन पूजितमात्रेण प्राप्यते परमं पदम्
Transliteration
tena pūjitamātreṇa prāpyate paramaṃ padam
Translation
Durch die bloße Verehrung Ihm gegenüber—durch dies allein—wird der höchste Zustand erlangt.
Word by Word
तेनby that / by him
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
पूजितमात्रेणby mere worship (alone)
पूजितमात्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpūjita-mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पूजितस्य मात्रम् = mere worship)
प्राप्यतेis attained
प्राप्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-āp (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
परमम्supreme
परमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण
पदम्state/abode (highest goal)
पदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Āmaleśvara
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: null
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A pilgrim offers simple worship—water, bilva leaves, lamp—before the Āmaleśvara liṅga; a luminous path or upward radiance symbolizes attainment of the supreme state.
Characters & Entities
Ā
Āmaleśvara (Śiva)P
Paramaṃ Padam (highest goal)FAQs
Sincere worship, even in its simplest form, is powerful and can lead to the highest spiritual attainment.
The context is Āmaleśvara in the Revā Khaṇḍa; worship there is presented as exceptionally efficacious.
Pūjā (worship) is the stated practice; no further procedural details (materials/mantras) are specified in this verse.